The U.S. Government Wants To Read Travelers’ Tweets Before Letting Them In
▻https://theintercept.com/2016/10/21/the-u-s-government-wants-to-read-travelers-tweets-before-letting-them-
Soon, foreign visitors to the United States will be expected to tell U.S. authorities about their social media accounts. U.S. Customs and Border Protection wants to start collecting “information associated with your online presence” from travelers from countries eligible for a visa waiver, including much of Europe and a handful of other countries. Earlier this summer, the agency proposed including a field on certain customs forms for “provider/platform” and “social media identifier,” making (...)